K

Examples

• All

• Water boils at 373.15 K under standard atmospheric pressure.

• This is in K, so little H is in K.

• If you change units, K Boltzmann will change.

• So the units of K would be in newtons per meter.

• So Hook's law is simply F = K delta X, isn't it?

• Since every material has different abilities to resist heat flow, this value is then multiplied by the thermal conductivity, k, a proportionality constant specific to the material that indicates its ability to conduct heat.

  Academic text (2007)

• The temperature in the laboratory was set to 300 K for the experiment.

Synonyms

K

kelvin

vsK

• Specialized

3 5.6

A unit for measuring temperature like the degree Celsius but with zero at absolute zero

is the single-letter symbol representing that unit

Compounds

V

vitamin K

• Specialized

3 2.7

A vitamin that helps blood to stop bleeding and keeps bones healthy

S

Special K

• NSFW

1 9.9

A drug called ketamine used illegally to get high

K

K-lyte

• Specialized

8.3

A tablet that raises low potassium levels in the blood

K

k-meson

• Specialized

9.9

A tiny particle made when particles hit each other very fast that breaks into smaller particles

K

K particle

• Specialized

9.9

A tiny particle smaller than an atom that breaks into other particles after high-energy collisions

K

K ration

• Archaic

7.2

A small emergency pack of food for soldiers during war

Surface Forms

Etymology